Atlanta — January 24, 2025 — South Arts is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 cohort of Jazz Road Artists—a group awarded up to $15,000 through the seasonal initiative to support their touring efforts across the nation. This recipient class is made up of 10 artists and ensembles receiving funding from the Jazz Road Tours initiative to promote and tour their artistry around the nation.
Organized by South Arts with support from Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, Jazz Road Tours annually awards approximately 50 jazz artists with grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to cover a portion of tour expenses and tighten the pay gap between artists and presenters. Some of these expenses may include venue and travel fees, equitable pay for the artists, or costs of management, coordination, childcare, and promotion.
These recipients were selected based on their contributions across a vibrant spectrum of artistic excellence, with musical practices ranging from vibraphone, saxophone, classical violin, composition, and world jazz.
The Fall 2024 Jazz Road Artists are:
Music Alive Ensemble Louisiana | KIN Copaset Georgia | Yvonnick Prene & Geoffrey Keezzer “Jobim’s World” New Jersey |
Sasha Berliner Quintet California | Laura Anglade Quartet New York | Daniel Janklow + Elevation Band California |
Meinhart - The Painter New York | Santos4tet West Virginia | Sofijazz Quintet New York |
The St. Ygnacio Project California |
A selection of individual tours officially kicked off earlier this month and the remainder will continue through August 2025, spanning cities across the country, such as Athens, GA; Austin, TX; Durham, NC; Houston, TX; Northampton, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; and Tucson, AZ.
As a core component of South Arts’ national Jazz Road initiative, Jazz Road Tours is coordinated in partnership with five fellow regional arts organizations: Arts Midwest, Mid America Arts, Mid-Atlantic Arts Alliance, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Western States Arts Federation. Since launching in 2018, the program has supported more than 160 artists with funding to expand their footprint and elevate their artistry on a national scale.
Artists are welcome to submit a written application and work samples, which are reviewed and selected by a panel of experts across the field. Based on the artistic excellence and merit of the proposed tour, recipients are chosen for support. Applications for Jazz Road Tours are open on a seasonal cycle through 2026.
To learn more about Jazz Road, awarded artists and their tours, or to apply for support, please visit southarts.org.
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South Arts advances Southern vitality through the arts. The nonprofit regional arts organization was founded in 1975 to build on the South’s unique heritage and enhance the public value of the arts. South Arts’ work responds to the arts environment and cultural trends with a regional perspective. South Arts offers an annual portfolio of activities designed to support the success of artists and arts providers in the South, address the needs of Southern communities through impactful arts-based programs, and celebrate the excellence, innovation, value and power of the arts of the South. For more information, visit www.southarts.org.
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